A Different Truth by Annette Oppenlander takes place in 1968, the year when the Vietnam War was at its bloodiest. Along with his best friend Tom, sixteen-year-old Andy Olson is banished to Palmer Military Academy. Oppenlander deftly weaves an insightful coming of age story in...

Raman and Sunny: Middle School Blues by Fiza Pathan is a middle grade story set in Mumbai about two twins, Raman and Sunny. When they begin middle school, the twins start fighting among themselves. They want their own individuality and no longer want to be...

La Casa 758 is a young adult literary fiction novel written by Kathryn Berla. Krista's dad is worried about her, and he'd be even more concerned if he knew she had taken to parking outside the somewhat run-down house where that man lives. She can't...

Molly, Bianca, and Lennie consider themselves the best of friends. They do everything together. As the condition of senioritis hits them hard with mixed emotions, the threesome find themselves involved with the reckless, end of the year activity of flirting with Mother Nature. An unexpected...

In a story that is in turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, Seven Days to Goodbye, the first book in a planned series by debut author Sheri S. Levy, readers will find themselves completely immersed in a book that is hard to put down. Follow protagonist Trina,...

In life we get several chances to make our poor decisions right. Life is about our choices and the decisions that are made with each situation. In If I Could: A Son’s Plea by T.K. Ware, David was an intelligent young man but he was...

Ethan's Secret by Patrick Hodges is set in the last year of middle school. Kelsey Callahan meets new kid Ethan. There is something mysterious about this new boy. He does not really fit his bad boy persona. As Kelsey learns more about Ethan, she discovers...

As we are growing both physically and mentally, we always need someone in our lives to help us to transition through each stage of life. Sissel was that for Lina. In the short story Catch Me When I Fall by Ceanmohrlass, Lina adored her dad,...

The Teddy Bear Eye Club is a young adult coming of age novel written by Suzanne M. Hurley. Mayah is angry at the world. She was devastated when she learned that her mother was still alive when she gave her up for adoption as an...

Second Chances by Lincoln Cole is a story about journeys of self-discovery. It opens with a meeting held at a school in a white suburb that a judge has ruled must accept children bused in from a black neighbourhood. Lakeisha, a black widowed mother of...